A median age of 54.5: Mouterre-Silly is older than 93% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Mouterre-Silly was home to 602 people in 290 households. Locally, 0.8% of homes are flats. 5.3% of households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%.
Throughout this page, the Vienne median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Mouterre-Silly
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 38 second homes and occasional dwellings in Mouterre-Silly, 11% of its 360 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Mouterre-Silly had 690 residents at the 2012 census and 602 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Mouterre-Silly’s residents are under 54.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Mouterre-Silly ranks below 97% of compared French towns on households without a car: 3.5%
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
6% of households moved in less than two years ago; 38% have been in their home 30 years or more. More second homes than in 88% of compared French towns: 11%. Empty homes: 10% here and 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, 99% of compared French towns grew faster than Mouterre-Silly: −13%
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
The change was −4% from 2012 to 2017 and −9% from 2017 to 2023.
More residents aged 65 and over than 82% of compared French towns: 29%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Mouterre-Silly 54.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.8%, Mouterre-Silly is behind 67% of compared French towns on that count. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 59% of compared French towns: 33%
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Vienne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.1 people. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. Higher than in 56% of compared French towns: 26% of households are couples with children.
Median standard of living: €25,190 a year
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
The median standard of living in Mouterre-Silly is €25,190 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 44%, a higher share than 91% of compared French towns
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
Households headed by a manual worker: 25% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. Typically, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Mouterre-Silly, 2.2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
The median compared commune in Vienne has 3.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 90% of compared French towns. For Mouterre-Silly, the census puts foreign nationals at 1.2%. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Mouterre-Silly ranks above 92% of compared French towns on married residents: 50%
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 21% in Mouterre-Silly. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Mouterre-Silly ranks below 97% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 15%
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
By its share of adults with no qualification (27%), Mouterre-Silly is above 83% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 602 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Mouterre-Silly
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mouterre-Silly | 54.5 | 29% | 11% | 2.2% |
| Loudun 6,839 · 2.6 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 4.9% |
| Thouars 13,891 · 12.3 mi | 50.6 | 30% | 2.5% | 6.5% |
| Montreuil-Bellay 3,746 · 12.6 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 5% | 3.2% |
| Bellevigne-les-Châteaux 3,435 · 14.5 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| Airvault 3,306 · 14.6 mi | 52.8 | 31% | 6.8% | 3.6% |
| Loretz-d'Argenton 2,575 · 14.7 mi | 47.4 | 24% | 5.8% | 2.9% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Mouterre-Silly
What is the population of Mouterre-Silly?
602 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (690).
How old are Mouterre-Silly’s residents?
The median age is 54.5, older than 93% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mouterre-Silly?
38, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mouterre-Silly?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mouterre-Silly?
€25,190 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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